Camponotus olivieri infelix

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Camponotus olivieri infelix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. olivieri
Subspecies: C. olivieri infelix
Trinomial name
Camponotus olivieri infelix
Santschi, 1915

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -33.83333° to -33.83333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • infelix. Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri st. infelix Santschi, 1915c: 270 (in key).
    • [First available use of Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus r. lemma var. infelix Forel, 1914d: 254 (s.w.) SOUTH AFRICA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Type-material: syntype minor workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Durban (G. Arnold).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 980.
    • Subspecies of olivieri: Arnold, 1924: 734; Emery, 1925b: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 105.
    • Distribution: South Africa.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 84: 244-282 (page 270, soldier, worker described)